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[โ€“] PapaStevesy@midwest.social 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

We're not talking about eggs laid by chickens, we're talking about eggs laid by the things that weren't quite chickens, but the eggs of which contain chickens, due to a novel DNA combination.

[โ€“] candybrie@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

The question posed is what is a chicken egg? Is it an egg from which a chicken hatches or an egg which a chicken lays? I'd argue it's the latter. Because we already consider eggs from which no chicken could hatch but that a chicken laid, chicken eggs.